Health & Medicine

  1. Health & Medicine

    Body In Mind

    Long thought the province of the abstract, cognition may actually evolve as physical experiences and actions ignite mental life.

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  2. Humans

    New hand, same brain map

    An investigation of a man who received a successful hand transplant suggests that reorganization of sensory maps in the brain following amputation can be reversed in short order.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Flu shot in pregnancy protects newborns

    Mothers-to-be impart antibodies to offspring that pay dividends later

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  4. Health & Medicine

    Let’s Get Physical

    The feds articulate how much exercise we should consider as healthy.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    Nobel Prize in medicine given for HIV, HPV discoveries

    Three Europeans recognized for linking viruses to AIDS, cervical cancer.

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  6. Health & Medicine

    Smokers May Benefit from Red Wine

    Smokers: Red wine may be the prescription for you.

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  7. Health & Medicine

    Don’t forget diet composition

    Caloric restriction, an antiaging technique, fails to lower levels of IGF-1, a growth factor that, in high amounts, is linked to cancer in humans. But cutting protein along with calories does decrease IGF-1.

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  8. Health & Medicine

    On Following the Money

    Judge medical writers on issues that matter most in a given story, not just on what's easiest to quantify.

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  9. Health & Medicine

    Pregnancy curiosity

    Asian-Caucasian couples having children face slightly increased risks of pregnancy complications.

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  10. Health & Medicine

    You Choose: Vioxx vs Rofecoxib

    Physicians weigh in on how reporters refer to certain medications.

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  11. Health & Medicine

    Anthrax vaccine makeover

    Revamped anthrax vaccination regimen eases some side effects that have hampered the vaccine’s acceptance.

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  12. Health & Medicine

    Moms: One Solution to Tainted Milk

    Tainted infant formulas point to a problem in the way society values moms.

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